Head coach Brett Brown said Jimmy Butler “stamped his authority” on the Philadelphia 76ers’ Game 6 win over the Toronto Raptors.
Butler scored a game-high 25 points on 9-of-18 shooting and added eight assists and six rebounds to help the Sixers to a series-levelling 112-101 win.
Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals series will take place in Toronto late on Sunday night (midnight).
Butler’s stand-out performance contained a spectacular three-point play late in the first half after he rebounded his own missed three-pointer